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UI Post-UTME Government 2021 (Model questions) Question 2

Question 2

Colonial Administration

Indirect rule was successful in northern Nigeria because of the

  1. A.educated elites
  2. B.existing traditional system of administration
  3. C.favourable political atmosphere
  4. D.all of the above
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Answer: B (existing traditional system of administration)

Explanation

The North already had a centralised emirate system with taxation and obedient subjects, which the British could rule through.